"Twerk It Like Miley" | ||||
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Single by Brandon Beal featuring Christopher | ||||
from the album Truth | ||||
Released | May 5, 2014 | |||
Recorded | 2013 | |||
Genre | EDM | |||
Length | 3:28 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Hedegaard | |||
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Christopher singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Twerk It Like Miley" on YouTube |
"Twerk It Like Miley" (officially on cover as #TwerkItLikeMiley) is a song by American singer Brandon Beal featuring Danish singer Christopher. [1] The song produced by Danish DJ Hedegaard [2] was released on May 5,2014 on Universal Music Denmark and Then We Take the World,reaching number one on Tracklisten,the official Danish Singles Chart on its first week of release staying there for just one week. [3] [4] The music video directed by Morten Winther also became popular with many references to Miley Cyrus. [5]
The title refers to American singer Miley Cyrus and her twerking incident when in March 2013,she posted a video on Facebook which featured her performing a twerking routine while wearing a unicorn suit,to the 2011 single "Wop" by J. Dash. Her "Wop" video would go to become viral and create a lot of controversy and parodies.
The song lyrics refers to this actual video as Brandon Beal asks from his girl to behave like Miley in that video:"I know,you wore them jeans so I can see that thong [repeat] / So pop it like Miley / and don't forget that tongue [repeat] / So when the beat beat beat beat drop,get your ass on the floor / Start twerking like Miley".
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Denmark (Tracklisten) [6] | 1 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [7] | 95 |
Chart (2014) | Position |
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Denmark (Tracklisten) [8] | 9 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [9] | Gold | 15,000^ |
Germany (BVMI) [10] | Gold | 150,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [11] | 3×Platinum | 7,800,000† |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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